No.035Gen 1 (Kanto)
Clefairy in Japanese
ピッピ
Pippi
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ピpi
ッdouble next
ピpi
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📖 Pokédex entry in English and Japanese
It can be found in quiet mountain areas on a full moon's night. Its dancing and its tiny, faintly glowing wings confer upon it a lovely fairylike quality.満月の夜、静かな山あいで見つかることがある。踊るようなしぐさと、かすかに光る小さな羽が、妖精のような愛らしさを感じさせる。
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